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(No Model.)

B. B. QUISENBERRY.

COPY HOLDER.

Patented Nov. 30, 1897.

Wihwc-wo UNITED STATES PATENT GFFTCE.

EVERETT B. QUISENBERRY, OF SEDALIA, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- HALF TO JOHN W. CORKINS, OF SAME PLACE.

COPY-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 594,558, dated November 30, 1897.

Application filed June 4,1897. Serial No. 639,455. (No model.)

I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to'copy-holders adapted more especially for attachment to the paper-carriage of a type-writing machine; and it has for its object to hold the copy in front of the operator directly above the keys of the machine, enabling the operator to read the copy without having to turn the body or head to one side and at the same time bringing into View a large number of lines at a time, thus enabling the operator to get the full sentence, the punctuation, and a full paragraph, which aids the eye in rapid copying of all kinds of matter, whether printed or typewritten.

The invention will first be hereinafter more particularlydescri oed with reference to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and then pointed out in the claims at the end of the description.

In the form shown in the drawings the holder consists, essentially, of a substantial T- shaped casting composed of an upright having an attaching-base at one end, in order that the device may be held on the typewriter, and an inclined cross-piece at its other end, to which the ends of a- U-shaped copysupporting frame are connected,the U shaped frame being provided at its opposite edges on opposite sides with copy-retaining bars, as shown.

In the drawings, in which similar letters of reference are used to denote similar parts in base is open on one side to enable it to be easily attached tothe type-writer carriage, or, if preferred, to a portion of the frame of the type-writer, and in order to adapt it to be attached to different kinds of type-writers it is formed with the semicircular recess a to accommodate a circular part or bar of the typewriter carriage, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2, and with the square shoulder 19 and flat extension I) in order to accommodate a square or rectangular portion or bar of the type-writer or frame of the machine, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. A set-screw E is provided in the attaching-piece for securely holding the device in its proper position.

The inclined cross-piece D has secured to it and projecting therefrom at right anglesv thicknesses of copy and to hold the copy.

spread out on the frame. The spring-bars or copy-holding means are preferably arranged at the opposite ends of the support D and extend therefrom parallel with the arms of the U-shaped supporting-frame G on its opposite faces, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, the advantage of which arrangement being that the lower part of the copy is held away from the keys and also away from the record being made on the type-writing machine to prevent its being rumpled or creased and also to prevent the carbon copies when made from being smeared.

The manner of employing my device will be readily understood from the foregoing description and the accompanying drawings, and, briefly stated, is as follows: The device is fastened in position on the type-writer carriage or to a part of the framework of the machine by the attaching-base and the copy inserted between the pressure-bars and the frame at the free ends of the bars and arranged on the frame in the manner indicated by the dotted lines in Fig. .2. As the matter is read from the copy itis drawn over the frame and from under the pressure-bars, to bring further copy into View, by grasping the free end of the copy, which is above the frame, and drawing out the same.

The copy-supporting frame may be Varied in form so long as it is adapted to afford a broad base and support for the copy resting thereon in position to be secured between the same and the spring-pressure retaining rods or bars extending lengthwise thereof along its upper and lower or front and rear edges. For instance, two or more rods extending from the cross-piece mounted on or formed integrally with the upright B might constitute the frame or said cross-piece might be formed integrally with the supporting frame or rods projecting therefrom and be secured to the upright in any proper manner, and other means may be employed for attaching and holding the copy-supporting frame and retaining means in proper position on the type-writer carriage or frame, the T- shaped casting having the inclined cross-piece thereon, to which the U-shaped frame and the retaining arms or rods are secured, being only a preferred form, and hence I do not desire to limit my invention to the exact construction shown and described, though such construction is preferred and has advantages which might not be secured in possible modifications which may be suggested to the constructor or maker of the device.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

1. A copy-holder comprising an attachingbase, an upright springing from said base, and a copy-supporting frame and retaining means carried by said upright; said frame and retaining means consisting of a plurality of rods or bars extending from said upright at an angle thereto and arranged so that a number of said rods together form a broad base or rest for the copy, while the others extend lengthwise of the frame and serve as a means for retaining the copy thereon, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a copy-holdcr,of the attaching-base, the upright, and the inclined cross-piece, the U-shaped supporting-frame carried on one side of said cross-piece having its ends secured thereto and its connected portion remote therefrom, and the copy-holding bars extending along the opposite edges of said frame, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a copy-holder for attachment to typewriting machines, the combination of the attaching-base, the upright springing therefrom, the inclined cross-piece on said upright, the supporting-frame carried by said inclined cross-piece, and the copy-holdin g bars extending from said inclined cross-piece and arranged at the opposite edges of the frame on opposite sides thereof, substantial] y as shown and described.

4. A copy-holder comprising an attachingbase, an upright carrying a copy-supporting frame which extends therefrom at an angle thereto on one side thereof and is constructed to afford a broad base or rest for the copy, together with copy-retaining rods or bars extending from said upright lengthwise of said frame along the marginal portions thereof for retaining the copy thereon, substantially as described.

5. A copy-holder comprising a suitable attaching-base, an upright springing therefrom, a substantially rectangular frame supported on said upright at an angle thereto and affording a broad rest for the copy, and copyretaining bars extending longitudinally of the said frame on opposite sides thereof, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EVERETT B. QUISENBERRY.

\Vitnesses:

II. D. MUIR, BRUCE BARNETT. 

